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Molecules from the past
L Cramp, F Gill, Catalyst: Secondary Science Review, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 3, pages 1-4.
Summary: Analysing molecular residues in ancient objects reveals how people and animals once lived.
Relevant sub-topics: representing and interpreting data, atoms and atomic structure, qualitative analysis (e.g. testing for ions and flame tests), instrumental analysis
Keywords: analysis, chromatography, mass spectroscopy, archaeology
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Dorothy Hodgkin - a Life in Science
V Wong, Catalyst: Secondary Science Review, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 2, pages 4-5.
Summary: The work of an X-ray crystallographer
Relevant sub-topics: atoms and atomic structure, qualitative analysis (e.g. testing for ions and flame tests), electromagnetic spectrum, instrumental analysis
Keywords: crystal structure, X-rays, crystallography, insulin
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Fluoride in water supplies
V Wong, Catalyst: Secondary Science Review, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 2, pages 18-19.
Summary: Arguments for and against fluoridation of water supplies
Relevant sub-topics: risks and benefits, ethical issues, atoms and atomic structure, environmental and green chemistry, chemicals from living things
Keywords: fluoride, drinking water, medication , ethics
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Has the sea always been so salty?
P Taylor, Catalyst: GCSE Science Review, 2005, Vol 15, Issue 3, pages 11-13.
Summary: Has the composition of sea water always been the same? Look at the factors which affect it.
Relevant sub-topics: atoms and atomic structure, environmental and green chemistry, chemicals from rocks
Keywords: Sea water composition , Radioactivity, Isotopes
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Nitrogen notes
D Moore, Catalyst: GCSE Science Review, 2004, Vol 15, Issue 2, pages 8-10.
Summary: Nitrogen is all around us. What do we use nitrogen and its compounds for?
Relevant sub-topics: rates of reaction, atoms and atomic structure, industrial processes
Keywords: Nitrogen, Fertiliser, Fixation, Radioactivity
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Snooker balls, plum puddings and solar systems
M Follows, Catalyst: GCSE Science Review, 2003, Vol 14, Issue 2, pages 8-10.
Summary: People have long wondered about what matter is made of. Snooker balls, plum puddings and solar systems have all featured in descriptive models of atoms. Explore how people’s ideas about atomic structure have changed over the years
Relevant sub-topics: devising theories, testing theories, atoms and atomic structure, atomic structure, isotopes, alpha, beta, gamma
Keywords: Atomic structure, Atomic particles
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